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Hi Jeff, Welcome. You will be grateful for finding this blog and hearing the stories and...
You were wise to print off a Mayo document ... She put me on prednisone and I have ... been tapering down, now at 3 mg. ... word of caution - be careful about tapering
Hello @dudeofdad, Welcome to Connect. I'm glad you found this discussion and shared your experience. It's...
good to hear you are doing well on tapering ... off of prednisone slow and easy. ... occurrence took 3 and half years to taper ... off of prednisone and the last six ... off of prednisone the second time around
Hi there. I was diagnosed last year with PMR and just recently with GCA. I was...
I had been on 20mg of prednisone for ... I am looking forward to tapering down ... the prednisone and getting off it entirely
@darkarta - Sorry, I remember the swelling I had at the time I was diagnosed in...
I was on prednisone until 2010 when ... I was able to taper off when the PMR ... remission in 2016 and I went back on prednisone
Posted: Oct 20, 2020
Hi @cmm445, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I was 60 when my first occurrence of PMR...
off. ... off prednisone. ... of the prednisone. ... off of prednisone and record the dosage ... off.
Posted: Sep 25, 2020
Hello @mompiano, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. PMR can definitely keep a person from doing pretty...
It took me 3-1/2 years to taper off ... of prednisone for my first occurrence ... percentage of people are not able to taper ... completely off and do keep taking a ... of prednisone this past year.
Dear Barbara, It's been a couple of years since you posted and I wonder how you...
I was urgently put on 60 mg prednisone ... , now tapered down to 20 mg with another ... to deal with mild side-effects of prednisone ... addicted, I decided I had to come off
Discussion: PMR Anyone?
Posted: Aug 31, 2020
@valb68, Don't be discouraged and keep taking it one day at a time. My first time...
with PMR it took me 3-1/2 years to taper ... off of prednisone and be relatively ... Have you tried tapering down 1/2 mg
Discussion: PMR coming back?
Posted: Aug 13, 2020
John and Dawn, thank you for your emails. Yes, I do want to stay off Prednisone...
Yes, I do want to stay off Prednisone ... A lot of work to taper all the way to ... my rheumatologist wants me to stay off
I was able to completely taper off prednisone twice. Both times from the 10-15 mg range...
I was able to completely taper off prednisone ... time and I had to go back to 60 mg of prednisone ... no side effects that I'm aware off ... Overall, I tolerated prednisone reasonably ... Also, i can't say prednisone induced
@phoenix0509, I did start both occurrences of PMR with 20 mg prednisone. My rheumatologist suggested I...
both occurrences of PMR with 20 mg prednisone ... log and record the dosage as I was tapering ... He wanted me to taper off slowly and ... I was at around 10 mg prednisone at ... thing that is helpful when you are tapering
Posted: Jul 25, 2020
Hello @jpalexander, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Thank you for the private message. I thought I...
off of Prednisone discussion so that ... off of prednisone and you asked if ... off of prednisone. ... off after being on 1 mg of prednisone ... off of prednisone or have you discussed
Posted: Jul 18, 2020
Hello Chris @ncgal, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You certainly have had a lot on your...
occurrences and was started on 20 mg prednisone ... off of prednisone (which you want to ... off with the last few months going ... off with similar tapering. ... diagnosed with PMR and just started prednisone
@paddington asked me to post the following additional information and links that helped him since he...
have been told I am likely to be on Prednisone ... unusual response to a lower dosage of Prednisone ... during the tapering off process This ... Taking Prednisone lowers our resistance
Ive been on 2 mg/day prednisone for a couple of years although I dont really know...
Ive been on 2 mg/day prednisone for ... I am thinking its time to finally taper ... off. anyone have a workable tapering
@janegm @balagan111 @fiesty76 Good morning! I’m in the process of tapering off steroids. I’m now at...
I’m in the process of tapering off steroids ... on rituxan) Has anyone totally come off ... prednisone?
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 21, 2020